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mitch mcconnell was clear about this. his position is untenable and that he needs to move from it toward them by toward them, he means to their position entirely. >> bill: which is to -- allow all of the tax cuts to continue including the tax cuts for the wealthy. >> to only have these loopholes which they haven't specified except bob corker from tennessee who's come out with a very, very detailed plan which is going to be unpopular but at least he's come up with a plan. >> he's the only person who says something. they keep saying we're all for revenues but you're right. it is only closing loopholes. they haven't said which loopholes they're going to close. again, that doesn't put enough money on the table. so they're trying to confuse people by saying oh, look, forget grover norquist, we're all about revenues. it is about revenues versus rates. they don't want to touch the top rate. that's the problem. if they think the president is going to budge they've got another thing coming. >> bill: meanwhile let's stick to grover
mitch mcconnell was clear about this. his position is untenable and that he needs to move from it toward them by toward them, he means to their position entirely. >> bill: which is to -- allow all of the tax cuts to continue including the tax cuts for the wealthy. >> to only have these loopholes which they haven't specified except bob corker from tennessee who's come out with a very, very detailed plan which is going to be unpopular but at least he's come up with a plan. >>...
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and do americans really want as mitch mcconnell says to start over again. let's replay the battles of the summer of 2009? 0 yeah? we will be right back. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> on your radio, on t.v. the bill press show. now, to current tv. "the gavin newsom show." for elon musk what could possibly be next? watch "the gavin newsom show." with lysol kitchen soap hands are healthy. with lysol kitchen soap, washing dishes is easy. with lysol kitchen soap surfaces are clean. hands. dishes. surfaces. the lysol no-touch kitchen system: the only all-in-one kitchen soap. try it for yourself. lysol. mission for health. we have a big, big hour and the i.q. will go way up. how are you ever going to solve the problem if you don't look at all of the pieces? >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >>you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. >>sharp tongue, quick whit and above all, politically direct. >>you just think there is no low they won't go to. oh, no. if al gore's watching today... [ ♪ theme musi
and do americans really want as mitch mcconnell says to start over again. let's replay the battles of the summer of 2009? 0 yeah? we will be right back. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> on your radio, on t.v. the bill press show. now, to current tv. "the gavin newsom show." for elon musk what could possibly be next? watch "the gavin newsom show." with lysol kitchen soap hands are healthy. with lysol kitchen soap, washing dishes is easy. with lysol kitchen soap surfaces are...
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. >> it came out of mitch mcconnell's office. harry reid went along with it. mcconnell voted for it. john mccain who is a big critic of the defense part of the sequester, it was he voted for it. paul ryan voted for it. so you know, i'm not saying democrats are blameless here or don't deserve some of the responsibility but the idea that republicans are washing their hands and saying this is a white house ploy is completely wrong. >> bill: i was at the white house friday when president obama came into the east room and made a very short speech. very clear about what his plan is and what he wanted. here's the president with one challenge to members of congress. >> obama: i'm open to compromise. i'm open to new ideas. i'm committed to solving our fiscal challenges. but i refuse to accept any approach that isn't balanced. >> bill: what does he mean by that? >> balanced. he's saying first of all it's not just spending cuts. it has to be revenues as well. second, he's rejecting the john boehner approach which is boehner saying i'll agree to revenues as long as they c
. >> it came out of mitch mcconnell's office. harry reid went along with it. mcconnell voted for it. john mccain who is a big critic of the defense part of the sequester, it was he voted for it. paul ryan voted for it. so you know, i'm not saying democrats are blameless here or don't deserve some of the responsibility but the idea that republicans are washing their hands and saying this is a white house ploy is completely wrong. >> bill: i was at the white house friday when...
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you don't have them today in john boehner and mitch mcconnell. >> i think john boehner would instinctively like to be a legislator. he's boxed in by his own members. there's leadership he can pursue. his other leaders are ready to take him down. the kind of leadership you can pursue is where are they going and i'll run faster to get out in front of him. the sad part now to me is you look at boehner who when he was first going to become speaker something he never thought would really happen. he was emotionally overcome but he gave a message to his new members coming in. look, we're going to bear some responsibility now. we'll be in the majority. there are things we have to do that we may not want to because it is part of our responsibility in governing. we'll have to swallow hard like the debt limit. now it is boehner leading the way to hold the debt limit hostage again. it tells you how far askew we've come. you hit on a major part of it. it is the permanent campaign. it is all about how you gain traction for the next election. but in a campaign, the other side is the enemy. when you gover
you don't have them today in john boehner and mitch mcconnell. >> i think john boehner would instinctively like to be a legislator. he's boxed in by his own members. there's leadership he can pursue. his other leaders are ready to take him down. the kind of leadership you can pursue is where are they going and i'll run faster to get out in front of him. the sad part now to me is you look at boehner who when he was first going to become speaker something he never thought would really...
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john cornyn and mitch mcconnell and sean hannity all jumped in said you gotta get out of the race. the deadline is 5:00 tonight for him to get out of the race. todd akin is sticking so far sticking in there. he went on mike huckabee to say i ain't quiten. >> i feel just as strongly as ever that my background and ability to be a big asset in replacing claire mccaskill and putting some sanity back in what's going on in our government. >> bill: and he did admit -- he did finally admit that he was wrong about this a little bit. >> i also know that people do become pregnant from rape and didn't mean to imply that that wasn't the case. it does happen. and it is also terrible, particularly the most terrible of all. >> bill: according to the latest study i saw 32,000 women a year get pregnant due to rape. >> how dumb do people think you are? when you have to go out and say i realize that women can get pregnant from being raped. how stupid are you? >> bill: absolutely. so here's a point now. he's got until 5:00 tonight to drop out. frankly, i think he will drop out because karl rove has pul
john cornyn and mitch mcconnell and sean hannity all jumped in said you gotta get out of the race. the deadline is 5:00 tonight for him to get out of the race. todd akin is sticking so far sticking in there. he went on mike huckabee to say i ain't quiten. >> i feel just as strongly as ever that my background and ability to be a big asset in replacing claire mccaskill and putting some sanity back in what's going on in our government. >> bill: and he did admit -- he did finally admit...
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mcconnell basically said that, that they were all for this, but they are not going to do it now because it would look good for president obama. >> yes and i didn't even see it. >> bill: yeah, it was politics over policy, and it is regretful. nancy pelosi was optimistic friday that democrats were going to be able to win the house. and she said if democrats win by ten. they get the house back. >> i think democrats have a chance to gain seats, and that's the kind of reality of it. but they don't have a chance to get the house. i think it is more like 35 to 40 seats they would need to win back the house. that's a tall task. but weird things happen in politics. i don't think this is going to be one of the things that happen. >> bill: she told us in 75 districts. which is still a tall order. jake nice to see you. thank for coming in. good round up. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ (vo) jennifer granholm ... >>for every discouraged voter, there are ten angry ones taking action. trickle down does not work. in romney's world, cars get the elevator and the workers get the shaft. t
mcconnell basically said that, that they were all for this, but they are not going to do it now because it would look good for president obama. >> yes and i didn't even see it. >> bill: yeah, it was politics over policy, and it is regretful. nancy pelosi was optimistic friday that democrats were going to be able to win the house. and she said if democrats win by ten. they get the house back. >> i think democrats have a chance to gain seats, and that's the kind of reality of...
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he says that reince priebus john cornyn, mitch mcconnell and john boehner should all be fired. because they weren't conservative enough. and that ed gillespie hugh stevens and karl rove should neverren hired to run another national campaign again because they're not right-wing enough. i'm telling you it is the civil war in a leper colony. the republicans eating each other alive. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: good morning fellow americans. and welcome to the "full court press" here on thursday, thursday november 8. great to see you today. thank you so much for joining us. we continue our post-election celebration here on the "full court press" and tell you what other news is happening around the country around the globe and take your calls at 1-866-55-press. good to have you with us this morning. and of course, president obama we know, won a decisive victory on tuesday. and already though, some republicans are trying to undermine that but demanding that he did not have a -- he may have won but he doesn't have a mandate. what do you mean
he says that reince priebus john cornyn, mitch mcconnell and john boehner should all be fired. because they weren't conservative enough. and that ed gillespie hugh stevens and karl rove should neverren hired to run another national campaign again because they're not right-wing enough. i'm telling you it is the civil war in a leper colony. the republicans eating each other alive. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: good morning fellow...
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and former speaker pelosi astutely pointed out that he would never ask that question of mitch mcconnell and then she said this. >> let's, for a moment, honor it as a legitimate question. although it is quite offensive but you don't realize that, i guess. the fact is -- the fact is that everything that i have done in my almost -- i guess decade now of leadership is to elect younger and newer people to the congress. >> john: that's a smackdown luke russert. i mean that's just -- come on. you don't! when have you ever heard someone bring up age -- even john mccain. no one ever asked john mccain about his age when he was running for president. they made fun of him all the time but no one said john mccain, why don't you let a younger person run for president. >> he basically said, madam leader aren't you too old to be doing this? >> it is so rude. >> said it. >> that's sort of like if megan mccain were to drill luke russert about nepotism, it is depressing. he got smacked down. i was mad at luke russert until i saw how much nbc personalities were mocking him. >> did they go after him? >> joh
and former speaker pelosi astutely pointed out that he would never ask that question of mitch mcconnell and then she said this. >> let's, for a moment, honor it as a legitimate question. although it is quite offensive but you don't realize that, i guess. the fact is -- the fact is that everything that i have done in my almost -- i guess decade now of leadership is to elect younger and newer people to the congress. >> john: that's a smackdown luke russert. i mean that's just -- come...
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he's not had conversations with either mitch mcconnell or harry reid. so he is running for maine as an independent. he's staying independent. >> bill: when you talk to these candidates you work with and you know around the country and particularly when you get to the national issues, are republicans lining up with mitt romney and paul ryan? on all of the issues? >> not very quickly. [ laughter ] >> i think they're taking their deck chairs off the front of the titanic and trying to figure out where the aft is. i think they're running hard from the national ticket. >> bill: right. on medicare, on medicaid. on social security. on the ryan budget. these are -- so lots going on. lots to talk about. mitt romney and the 47%. i want to ask you about what president obama said yesterday about you can't change washington from the inside. some republicans are saying that was a big gaffe on his part. do you really think it was? we'll take your calls. we always -- save a seat at the table for you here on the "full court press." give us a call at 1-866-55-press. we'll
he's not had conversations with either mitch mcconnell or harry reid. so he is running for maine as an independent. he's staying independent. >> bill: when you talk to these candidates you work with and you know around the country and particularly when you get to the national issues, are republicans lining up with mitt romney and paul ryan? on all of the issues? >> not very quickly. [ laughter ] >> i think they're taking their deck chairs off the front of the titanic and...
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mcconnell will negotiate. will they continue to be held hostage by a rabid right or will they come back to a more traditional loyal opposition where they disagree and say all right, here's where we disagree but we've got to compromise. i don't know. i think in a way the shellacking that they got, we were hoping michele bachmann, it would be good if they really understood that. >> bill: joe walsh and allen west those are two who will no longer be there, michele bachmann came close. what do you think this means now for president obama in terms of his agenda? right? there's no reason to hold back now. >> no, there's an understandable sense of he's not playing for a reelection he's less constrained and i don't say this cynically. there is a freedom in the second term, a sense that i am now going to be decisive and think about not only history but be purely concerned with what is right and necessary. having said that, this comes down to a little bit the question of was this a shelacking of the tea party or an embra
mcconnell will negotiate. will they continue to be held hostage by a rabid right or will they come back to a more traditional loyal opposition where they disagree and say all right, here's where we disagree but we've got to compromise. i don't know. i think in a way the shellacking that they got, we were hoping michele bachmann, it would be good if they really understood that. >> bill: joe walsh and allen west those are two who will no longer be there, michele bachmann came close. what do...
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one of the reasons is because of people like mitt romney or john boehner or mitch mcconnell who keep all the wealth at the very top and never let any of it trickle down. mitt romney so out of touch. larry is in new britton connecticut. hi larry. >> caller: good morning, guys. >> bill: yeah, that's up. >> caller: so funny this coming from the cafe in iowa where they wouldn't reason greet the owner. >> bill: exactly. good point. forgot about that. >> caller: what about the people in the southwest that we don't hear about much. the firefighters and how are the wildfires doing out there? >> bill: yeah. with the public employees who are out there fighting the wildfires, the very public employees that mitt romney of course says we don't need anymore of. ed smith who was in studio with us yesterday from ullico said you don't need them until you need them. then you really need them. for sure. there has never been, i don't think, in my lifetime, a more clueless candidate. you thought john kerry was an elitist. come on. mitt romney, so out of touch. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show."
one of the reasons is because of people like mitt romney or john boehner or mitch mcconnell who keep all the wealth at the very top and never let any of it trickle down. mitt romney so out of touch. larry is in new britton connecticut. hi larry. >> caller: good morning, guys. >> bill: yeah, that's up. >> caller: so funny this coming from the cafe in iowa where they wouldn't reason greet the owner. >> bill: exactly. good point. forgot about that. >> caller: what...
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they don't like mitch mcconnell or john boehner and reward them at sellouts. i think it's going to keep moving to the right. i think romney will be forgotten in 10 minutes, we're going to look at rubio and christie coming up. the democratic base does not have so strong a bench for the next cycle. >> bill: you're so right on that. you watch romney's going to lose and then they're going to say we went too far to the right, we have to come back to the center, because we've lost the core or whatever. b.s. they're going to say romney was too moderate, if they'd gone farther to the right with santorum, we would have won. they're going to go farther to the right. >> if they don't win the senate, they're going to guess it's romney's fault. >> caller: romney will be dismissed the same way john mccain was dismissed. he was hardly present at the republican convention this year. same with bob dole, they weren't true believers and good riddance to them. the thing like now rather than other times, they have young somewhat effective politicians who can carry that hard right
they don't like mitch mcconnell or john boehner and reward them at sellouts. i think it's going to keep moving to the right. i think romney will be forgotten in 10 minutes, we're going to look at rubio and christie coming up. the democratic base does not have so strong a bench for the next cycle. >> bill: you're so right on that. you watch romney's going to lose and then they're going to say we went too far to the right, we have to come back to the center, because we've lost the core or...
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a new poll shows that the most unpopular senator in the entire country is republican leader mitch mcconnell. he's got only 37% favorable rating in his own home state of kentucky, but mcconnell says, that's not true. and he accuses, believe it or not. he accuses president obama of cooking the polls. what a lose her. he's in total denial. yeah. have you ever heard him speak? have you ever looked at him? no wonder he is so be popular. we will talk about that and mosh. first, standing by, lisa ferguson with today's news update. hi, lisa. >> hey, bill. good morning everyone. big news of the day, susan rice is choosing to withdraw her name for consideration of secretary of state. president obama will meet with the u.n. ambassador at the whitehouse today. she made a surprise announcement yesterday and told nbc's brian williams she did wanted any confirmation hearing to destract from president obama's agend ae. she said those of you who know me i am a fighter but not at the cost of what's right for our country. she penned an op-ed with a similar sentiment. this decision coming on the heals on a wai
a new poll shows that the most unpopular senator in the entire country is republican leader mitch mcconnell. he's got only 37% favorable rating in his own home state of kentucky, but mcconnell says, that's not true. and he accuses, believe it or not. he accuses president obama of cooking the polls. what a lose her. he's in total denial. yeah. have you ever heard him speak? have you ever looked at him? no wonder he is so be popular. we will talk about that and mosh. first, standing by, lisa...
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you would see mitch mcconnell and john boehner's people sort of drawing their lines in the sand. that's not really happening even though that is sort of by far much sort of bigger story as far as what's going to happen in the country. as far as -- and priority list for both the white house and congress. >> do you think they also get that at the white house? that as long as -- as much as they may be getting hurt or not by the islamist people are talking about benghazi, it enables some room for the white house to get involved in the negotiations as well. >> it allows them to negotiate this without sort of a spotlight on fiscal cliff story which is -- you know, a story that has about six weeks left in it before some -- before taxes go up on everyone and significant spending cuts happen across the country. not just the military. >> you've been covering the hill for awhile in addition to the campaigns. do you get the sense that this will be the time when they say okay, they've reached some agreement on the tax out on the revenue side and republicans eat it a little bit. for people mak
you would see mitch mcconnell and john boehner's people sort of drawing their lines in the sand. that's not really happening even though that is sort of by far much sort of bigger story as far as what's going to happen in the country. as far as -- and priority list for both the white house and congress. >> do you think they also get that at the white house? that as long as -- as much as they may be getting hurt or not by the islamist people are talking about benghazi, it enables some room...
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mcconnell? right? not to allow a vote on the buffett rule. >> this is the issue of the election. it's about who is fighting for whom. who in your priorities. republicans made clear this isn't something they care deeply about, whether millionaires are getting off at the lower tax rate than their secretaries. president obama has taken a stand, he has a 20.5 tax rate and. >> he says i am living proof why we need this. >> mitt romney in the 20 plus million dollar last year played 13.9%, i think, tax rate. tremendously low. it's below the cap gains rate of 15%. shows you how little he is paying. he is not concerned about this whatsoever. >> no. you know, on a related issue, today happens to be -- i know this only from think progress -- today is equal payday. day. >> what you are telling us is men -- women are still not making -- >> $0.77 on the dollar for what a man earns for the same job for same work. >> that's the definition of equal pay? right? you get the same pay for the came same kind of work.
mcconnell? right? not to allow a vote on the buffett rule. >> this is the issue of the election. it's about who is fighting for whom. who in your priorities. republicans made clear this isn't something they care deeply about, whether millionaires are getting off at the lower tax rate than their secretaries. president obama has taken a stand, he has a 20.5 tax rate and. >> he says i am living proof why we need this. >> mitt romney in the 20 plus million dollar last year played...
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so in a way their hand was forced because on the other side of the cap mitch mcconnell has not adopted the ryan budget. he has said you know, a deal is a deal. has not said that publicly. in his moves he indicated that. >> bill: he's going to stick maybe to what they agreed to. >> exactly. >> bill: so much to talk about. and so much time and so little being done on capitol hill. we'll find out when we come back, bob if donna edwards has any hope of getting things done in the house. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." i.q. will go way up. how are you ever going to solve the problem if you don't look at all of the pieces? >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >>you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. >>sharp tongue, quick whit and above all, politically direct. >>you just think there is no low they won't go to. oh, no. if al gore's watching today... current tv. >> bill: 33 minutes after the hour. it is a beautiful friday morning here in our nation's capital. hope it is wherever you happen to be. it is the "full c
so in a way their hand was forced because on the other side of the cap mitch mcconnell has not adopted the ryan budget. he has said you know, a deal is a deal. has not said that publicly. in his moves he indicated that. >> bill: he's going to stick maybe to what they agreed to. >> exactly. >> bill: so much to talk about. and so much time and so little being done on capitol hill. we'll find out when we come back, bob if donna edwards has any hope of getting things done in the...
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of course, mitch mcconnell infamously said their top priority was not jobs, not the economy but defeating the president. that's the attitude they've all brought. their view is if they can block the president somehow the voters will reward republicans. and you know what? it is backfiring because the voters want us to make progress and they want us to make some tough decisions. they want us to compromise. in the house of representatives with the tea party guys, compromise is a dirty word. they celebrate the fact that they're doubling down on a very extreme agenda. and so it's really important that the president have a partner in congress that he can work with. after all, when he was first elected, the economy was in free fall. because of the emergency actions taken by the president with the democratic congress at the time, we stopped the free fall and turned the corner. now with the tea party guys in charge, they've been sitting on the president's most recent jobs bill. because the president said look, we stopped the free fall. we're making progress. we're not far enough. but a year ago thi
of course, mitch mcconnell infamously said their top priority was not jobs, not the economy but defeating the president. that's the attitude they've all brought. their view is if they can block the president somehow the voters will reward republicans. and you know what? it is backfiring because the voters want us to make progress and they want us to make some tough decisions. they want us to compromise. in the house of representatives with the tea party guys, compromise is a dirty word. they...
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one kentuckian that will not be there, senator mitch mcconnell, he passed on the invitation because the kentucky y is saturday -- derby report is saturday. some don't think it was sincere since obama new congress was not in session and new the other didby was on saturday so he did the ceremony on purpose. this friday, he is celebrating the wildcat's victory over kansas. >> today is wednesday. how long do you pre-party for the derby? >> yeah. >> you know, why can't -- there are planes. there are flights every day from here to kentucky. >> believe it or not. >> political nerds were happy yesterday to hear the cast of the west wing reunited but for two minutes only. martin sheen dulaney hill and several other cast members teamed up with funny or die for a psa about walking every day for exercise. it features the cast doing what they did a lot on the show when it was on the air, holding meetings in the white house while walking down hallways known as the walk and talk. >> yeah. don't have time to sit and talk in the white house much these days. >> walk and talk. and the best stage plays of
one kentuckian that will not be there, senator mitch mcconnell, he passed on the invitation because the kentucky y is saturday -- derby report is saturday. some don't think it was sincere since obama new congress was not in session and new the other didby was on saturday so he did the ceremony on purpose. this friday, he is celebrating the wildcat's victory over kansas. >> today is wednesday. how long do you pre-party for the derby? >> yeah. >> you know, why can't -- there are...